Nov 7, 2011

Advent Wreath Song: Take this light

Anglican parish priest Doug Chaplin (MetaCatholic blog) has written a song for the lighting of the Advent wreath. It has five verses—one for each Sunday of Advent, and one for Christmas Day. The suggested tune is Personent Hodie.

Song for the Lighting of the Advent Wreath

Take this light, let it shine:call of God, love divine,summons old Abram’s line,hope for all the nationsgift of God’s salvation.

About Me

The author Frederick Buechner once defined ‘vocation’ as “the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” I think I’m living that definition. I’ve spent the last three decades studying, pastoring, teaching and writing about worship, looking for ways to strengthen and deepen our corporate conversations with God. I’m still not sure how I landed up on this journey, and it certainly hasn’t always been easy or profitable. But I’ve never been able to escape the conviction that this is where God wants me, and this is the work I need to be doing.